The list of ship launches in 1941 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1941. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class Builder Location Country Notes 10 January Cargo ship Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee For Britain Steamship Co. 12 January Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 13 January Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Cape of Good Hope Motorship Co Ltd. 13 January Cargo ship Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Ministry of Supply. 14 January O-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy 14 January Refrigerated cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 15 January Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 15 January Coaster James Pollock & Sons Faversham, Kent For Ministry of Supply. 15 January Cargo ship Henry Robb Ltd. Leith For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Requisitioned by Ministry of War Transport on completion. 16 January Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 16 January Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ministry of Supply. 27 January Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Completed as a Gantry Landing Ship. 27 January Cargo ship John Readhead & Sons Ltd. South Shields For Ministry of Supply. 28 January Cargo ship Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Lytham For Zillah Shipping & Carrying Co. Ltd. 28 January P-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Hebburn-on-Tyne For Royal Navy 29 January Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 29 January L-class destroyer Cammell Laird & Co Ltd. Birkenhead For Royal Navy 30 January Alexander Stephen & Sons Govan For Royal Navy 30 January Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole For the Admiralty. 30 January Collier William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ministry of War Transport. 7 February Ore carrier Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport. 10 February Cargo ship J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Supply. 11 February Norwegian type tanker Sir J.s Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Supply. 11 February Ocean type tanker Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Ministry of Supply. 11 February Cargo ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Ministry of Supply. 12 February Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 12 February P-class destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne For Royal Navy 12 February Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 13 February Empire Shoal Coaster Harland and Wolff Govan For Ministry of Supply. 13 February CAM Ship William Hamilton and Company Port Glasgow For Bury Hill Shipping Co Ltd. 15 February Collier Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland For London Power Co. Ltd. 15 February Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 15 February L-class destroyer Yarrow Shipbuilders Govan For Royal Navy 15 February Cargo ship Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Manchester Liners Ltd. 17 February Cammel Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Completed as a Gantry Landing Ship. 18 February Empire Isle-class coaster Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle For Ministry of Supply. 24 February Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 25 February C-type coaster S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. 26 February Empire Bridge Coaster W. J. Yarwood & Sons Northwich For Ministry of Supply 1 March cargo ship Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Chester, Pennsylvania For United States Maritime Commission 2 March Cargo ship C. Connell & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Ministry of Supply. 4 March CAM ship Barclay Curle Scotstoun For Ministry of Supply 10 March Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock For Royal Navy 11 March O-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy 11 March Tank Landing Craft Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 11 March Tank Landing Craft Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 12 March CAM ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. 12 March Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy 12 March Cargo ship Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Linthouse For Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. 12 March Ranger-class tanker Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 12 March Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 13 March Tanker R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. Newcastle on Tyne For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. 13 March Empire Crag Coaster James Pollock & Sons Faversham For Ministry of Supply. Cargo ship Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend For Ministry of War Transport. 15 March CAM ship James Pollock & Sons Faversham For Ministry of Supply 15 March Icemaid type collier Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth For Ministry of War Transport. 15 March Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. Goole For the Admiralty. 15 March Cargo ship William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ministry of Supply. 17 March Cammell Laird & Co Ltd Birkenhead For Royal Navy 17 March Ore carrier Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Ministry of Supply. 20 March Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 25 March Cargo ship Greenock Dockyard Co. Ltd. Greenock For Ministry of Supply 27 March Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 27 March Empire Cape Coaster Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock For Ministry of Supply 27 March CAM ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Ministry of Supply. 27 March Refrigerated cargo liner Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast For Ministry of Supply. 27 March P-class destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Walker-on-Tyne For Royal Navy 28 March Cargo ship J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Supply. 29 March Ocean type tanker Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Wallsend For Ministry of Supply. 31 March Cargo ship Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Hong Kong For Ministry of Supply. 31 March O-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank For Royal Navy March Coaster Richards Ironworks Ltd. Lowestoft For Ministry of Supply. March T3 tanker Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For National Bulk Carriers. March 2 unnamed vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For private owners. 1 April Alexander Stephen & Sons Govan For Royal Navy 4 April Cargo ship Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Hong Kong For United Kingdom. 9 April Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 10 April Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 10 April Ferry Ferguson Brothers Ltd. Port Glasgow For Turkish Government. 10 April Coaster William Gray and Company West Hartlepool For Ministry of Supply 10 April Ocean type tanker Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Ministry of Supply. 10 April Cargo ship Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Supply. 10 April P-class destroyer Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Hebburn-on-Tyne For Royal Navy 11 April Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 12 April Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Completed as a Landing Ship, Gantry. 12 April Empire Isle-class coaster Henry Scarr Ltd. Hessle For Ministry of Supply. 12 April cargo ship Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Chester, Pennsylvania For United States Maritime Commission 12 April Coaster Henry Scarr Ltd Hessle For Ministry of Supply 13 April Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Crest Shipping Co. Ltd. 16 April Vickers-Armstrongs Wallsend For Royal Navy 17 April N-class destroyer William Doxford & Sons Sunderland Transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy before completion, completed as Van Galen. 22 April Minelayer Philip & Son Ltd Dartmouth, Devon For Royal Navy. 24 April Collier Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. 25 April C-type coaster S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Gas, Light & Coke Co. Ltd. 26 April CAM ship William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Ministry of Supply 27 April Cargo ship Bartram & Sons Ltd Sunderland For Ministry of Supply. 28 April Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy 28 April Cargo ship John Readhead and Sons South Shields For Ministry of Supply 28 April Cargo ship Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company of Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong For Ministry of Supply. 28 April Cargo ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Ministry of Supply. 28 April Ore carrier Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Ministry of Supply. 28 April Norwegian type tanker Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of Supply. 29 April Cargo ship Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness For Ministry of Supply. 30 April Cargo ship William Doxford & Sons Ltd. Pallion For Hindustan Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. April Sternwheeler William Denny and Brothers Ltd. Dumbarton For India General Navigation & Railway Co. Ltd. 3 May Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 9 May Cargo ship J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport. 10 May Collier William Gray & Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool For Ministry of War Transport. 11 May Kizugawa Maru WWII Standard D-class tanker Kawaminami Nagasaki For Imperial Japanese Navy 12 May Vickers-Armstrongs Wallsend For Royal Navy 12 May Cargo ship Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland For R Chapman & Son. 12 May CAM ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Ministry of War Transport 13 May CAM ship William Gray & Company West Hartlepool For Ministry of War Transport 14 May Cargo liner Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a troopship. 20 May Maple-type tug Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne For Ministry of War Transport. 24 May Cargo ship C. Connell & Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport. 26 May Cargo ship William Denny and Bros. Ltd. Dumbarton Requisitioned by the Admiralty. 26 May CAM ship Lithgows Ltd Port Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport 27 May Ocean type tanker Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport. 27 May Ocean type tanker Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Haverton Hill-on-Tees For Ministry of War Transport. 27 May Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow For Ministry of War Transport. 27 May Ranger-class tanker Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Dundee For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 28 May Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 28 May Coaster J. S. Watson Ltd. Gainsborough For Ministry of War Transport. 28 May P-class destroyer Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan For Royal Navy 29 May Swan Hunter Wallsend For Royal Navy 29 May J. Samuel White East Cowes For Royal Navy 29 May CAM ship Short Bros. Ltd Pallion For Ministry of War Transport 29 May Ocean type tanker Harland & Wolff Govan For Ministry of War Transport. 29 May Empire Willow Maple-type tug Richard Dunston Ltd. Thorne For Ministry of War Transport. 5 June Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Royal Navy. 5 June Coaster Isaac Pimblott & Sons Ltd. Northwich For Ministry of War Transport. 7 June C-type coaster S. P. Austin & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd. 7 June New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For United States Navy 7 June Yarrow Shipbuilders Govan For Royal Navy 9 June Cammell Laird & Co Ltd Birkenhead For Royal Navy 9 June Tanker Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For British Tanker Co. Ltd. 9 June Icemaid type collier Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Grangemouth For Ministry of War Transport. 9 June Tank Landing Craft Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 9 June Tank Landing Craft Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 10 June Cargo ship J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland For Ministry of War Transport. 10 June Empire Pine Warrior type tug Scott & Sons Ltd. Bowling For Ministry of War Transport. 10 June P-class destroyer Vickers-Armstrongs Wallsend For Royal Navy 11 June Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Navy. 11 June Cargo